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26.0.91; global-abbrev-mode

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Message #10 received at 30531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 30531 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 30737 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30737: [patch] global-abbrev-mode
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 22:00:33 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> But what if you have a variable in a program called "teh"?  Or, as a
> more practical use case, consider this: in a few places in Emacs we
> have a variable named "defalt", because using "default" gets in the
> way for some reason.  Having this turned on globally will silently
> "correct" these variable names, and could cause you real trouble.
>
> This is what I fear.

Yeah, I don't think a global abbrev mode would be generally useful, so
I'm closing this bug report.

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